This expanded and updated edition of Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: The
State of the Art revisits the use of complexity theory across the social sciences and …

Governance Networks in the Public Sector presents a comprehensive study of governance
networks and the management of complexities in network settings. Public, private and non …

To date land-change science has devoted little attention to spatial policy and planning in
urban landscapes despite the widely accepted premise that planning affects urban land …

In this article, we discuss how complexity is viewed in governance network theory. The
article provides a systematic elaboration of the notion of complexity, distinguishing three …

Many methods are used in research on complexity. One of these is qualitative comparative
analysis (QCA). Although many authors allude to the relationships between complexity and …

This article investigates how managers in public-private partnership (PPP) projects respond
to social or physical events during the implementation of their projects, and which of their …

Tourism area development is affected by the competitive global tourism industry and the
complex, multilevel dynamics of the contemporary network society. The strategic planning …

ABSTRACT Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is said to be a method that can be used
to uncover social complexity. However, this complexity is often 'missing in action'in actual …

Infrastructure projects are notoriously hard to manage so it is important that society learns
from the successes and mistakes made over time. However, most evaluation methods run …

The case is made for a complex governance networks conceptualization. The contributions
of the literatures on governance, networks, and complexity studies are discussed …